I did pretty well this past Winter in getting some of the winter specialties for this area. This includes the following: Snowy Owl, Northern Shrike, Ferruginous Hawk, Golden Eagle, Prairie Falcon, and Townsend's Solitaire. This means I can spend more time next Fall/Winter concentrating on some other key birds.
I really must do a better job in concentrating on owls. I can almost guarantee that Long-eared and Short-eared are in Rooks every Winter. I just didn't look for them at all. I also want to find a few waterbirds that might now winter here but could pass through during Fall migration: scoters, Long-tailed Duck, Pacific Loon. There are also a few key passerine migrants that I would love to get: Sprague's Pipit and McCown's Longspur (I could theoretically get both this Spring still).
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